UNSPSC 85602136: Bypass sigmoid colon to cutaneous with autologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass sigmoid colon to cutaneous with autologous tissue substitute, open approach. This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 0D1N074

UNSPSC 85602136 Bypass sigmoid colon to cutaneous with autologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show no alignment with surgical interventions. Instead, the opportunities cluster around occupational medical surveillance, disability evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical benefit carve-out programs for public employees and beneficiaries. The code appears to be misapplied to health services procurement that falls outside the scope of the specific procedure named in the taxonomy. State and local buyers posting under this code include city retirement boards (Phoenix Fire Pension Board, Phoenix Police Pension Board), county health systems (Santa Clara Health System), county procurement divisions (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county justice agencies (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), and municipal employee benefit programs (City of Long Beach). The range of issuing bodies reflects decentralized use of the code across retirement systems, public health departments, and employee benefits administration.

Recent solicitations span Arizona, California, Florida, Washington, and Texas. Representative opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services with a $750,000 maximum contract value and responses due October 16, 2026; the City of Long Beach's RFP for a surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefit program for 3,800 active employees and retirees, with responses due October 7, 2026 and anticipated contract execution by April 1, 2027; and the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 statewide ferry locations, with responses due October 9, 2026 and a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026. The Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issued an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth with responses due September 25, 2026. The code shows active procurement momentum in the second and third quarters of 2026, though the mismatch between the nominal surgical procedure and the actual scope of work being purchased suggests either systematic miscoding or use of this code as a catch-all for health services that lack a more precise classification in state and local procurement systems.